About the day » Wednesday May 4, 1966Calender converter

• Astrid Segers, Baarle-Nassau,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Cees de Bruijn, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anja Oosterbroek, Dieren, 6951, Nederland († 2021)
• Kind van der Meulen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Raimond Schmaal, ......... († 2001)
• Astrid Segers, Baarle-Nassau († 1969)
• gerardus h.m. (geert) slaats, meijel
• Monique Fokker, Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Andrew de Bruin, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australië
• Marinus Johannes Leonardus Suijkerbuijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)

• Anna Star (86), Haarlem, N H, Nederland
• Antonius Albert Joseph Maria Driessen (57), Enschede,Gemeente Enschede,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Anna Star (86), Haarlem
• Adrianus de la Mar (57)
• Betzy Lucy Wilhelmina Bakker (82), s' Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Christina Gerardina van Laar (87), Ede
• Alice Maude Ivins (Young (74), Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States of America
• Carolus Leonard Anton Maria Schretlen (81), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Lebuïnus Maria van der Lande (68), Versailles,78000,Yvelines,Île-de-France,France
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• 1964 » Silvia Costa, Cuban high jumper
• 1966 » Gary Elkins, English footballer and manager
• 1966 » Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation († 2008)
• 1967 » Ana Gasteyer, American actress and singer
• 1967 » Kate Garraway, English journalist
• 1969 » Franz Resch, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1969 » Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 » Giovanni Mirabassi, Italian jazz musician
• 1970 » Gregg Alexander, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 » Will Arnett, Canadian actor and producer

• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1975 » Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1981 » C. Loganathan, Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• February 14 » Australian currency is decimalized.
• April 30 » The Church of Satan is formed in The Black House, San Francisco.
• May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• July 8 » King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
• September 8 » The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
• November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).

The temperature on May 4, 1966 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.